2003 CFI Awards

On March 4, 2003, Carmen Charette, Senior Vice-president of the
Canada Foundation for
Innovation (CFI) was joined by Allan Rock, Minister of Industry,
to announce over $17.7 million in New Opportunities Awards to 97 of
the nation's emerging research leaders at 26 Canadian
Universities.

Two proposals from the Ryerson Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department won this prestigious award in the competition.

Infrastructure for Wireless Networks and Communications Research
(WINCORE)
Laboratory; team members: Drs. Anpalagan, Fernando, and
Jaseemuddin.

The New Opportunities fund enables eligible universities to provide
world-class infrastructure for newly-recruited faculty members to
undertake leading-edge research in their first full-time academic
appointment.

To date, the E&CE Department has performed exceptionally well in
CFI competitions. The previous CFI award winners include: